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Look Who’s Doing the Ha-Ha

There are currently 87 boats signed up for the 21st Annual Baja Ha-Ha cruisers rally, which departs San Diego on October 27. If you’re thinking about signing up, why should you do it now?

There are two main reasons. The first, as repeatedly told to us by Ha-Ha vets, is that signing up for the Ha-Ha gives a firm departure date to shoot for. Many cruisers have told us that without that firm starting date they would have postponed casting off for months if not years.

Although you’re practically guaranteed to have fun and make new friends, the best thing about the Ha-Ha may be that it’s concrete starting date eliminates further procrastination.

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The second reason is that berth assignments in Cabo are based on the order in which boats signed up for the Ha-Ha. While we can’t make any guarantees, if your boat is one of the first 100 boats signed up, you can usually get a berth in Cabo right away. If you’re entry #150, it might take a couple of days. That may not seem like a big thing now, but when you’ve been at sea and/or on the hook for nine days, a night or two in a berth upon arrival seems mighty appealing.

It’s always fun to look at the fleet so far to see what kind of boats have signed up. As has been true for almost the entire history of the Ha-Ha, the average-sized boat is in the mid-40-ft range. But there are some smaller ones, such as Garrett and Ruth Jolly’s Morro Bay-based Rawson 30 Scout; Dane Faber’s Sausalito-based Rhodes Annapolis 30 Petrel; Rick and Cindy Patrinelli’s Sausalito-based Pacific Seacraft 31 Cool Change; Jeff and Breezy Delaney’s Channel Islands-based Islander 32 Starfire; Richard Crumley’s Bodega Bay-based Ranger 33 Entropy II; Brian & Marya Lipiec’s Camp Pendleton-based Pacific Seacraft 34 Indigo; Bruce Brown and Sandy Zeng’s Portland-based Hans Christian 33 Korbut Rose; and Chris and Doug Rockne’s Portland-based Hunter 336 Impulse.

What about the biggest boats? We’ll tell you about those in an upcoming ‘Lectronic. One unusual thing we noticed is that so far there are more motor yachts signed up (three) than multihulls (two). We expect that to change, however.

Doing a Ha-Ha with sisterships is always fun. To date, seven Catalina 42s have signed up: Michael Pernitzke and Ina Tabak’s Alameda-based Nova; Bill and Kathi Gaffaney’s Long Beach-based Wayward Wind; Dan Lawler’s Holladay, Utah-based Seaduction; Barney and Paula McCloskey’s Alameda-based Pantera; Jim and Betty Adams’ Discovery Bay-based Flibbertigibbet and Bob Bahlman and Margie Hewes’ Incline Village, Nevada-based Blessed Life.

Three Island Packet 485s have signed up: Charlie McCullough’s San Francisco-based A Good Day; Rusty Frantz’s Annapolis-based Kailani; and Richard and Jenny Freeman’s San Diego-based Plan Sea.

There are two Hunter 46s: Patrick Magers’ Newport Beach-based Misjudged II, and Phil Helman and Desley Oliphant’s Pleasanton-based Wind Dancer.

Details on the Ha-Ha and how to enter can be found here

Thousands of Ha-Ha vets would agree that doing this 750-mile rally is big fun, whether you are crewing or skippering.

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Here’s the 2014 fleet so far:

Talion / Gulfstar 50 / Patsy Verhoeven / La Paz, MEX
Arluk III / Cabot 36 / Wayne Peters / Vancouver, BC
Quest / Golden Wave 42 / Michael Thirkill & Cybele Abbett / Brookings, OR
Family Circus / Lagoon 470 / Chris & Heather Tzortzis / San Francisco
Champagne / Hunter 456 / Tom & Kim Junod / Newport Beach
Cavale / Cheoy Lee 44 / Michael & Mary Tutty / Seattle, WA
Long Windid / Jeanneau SO 42 CC / Daniel & Marla Slattery / Chula Vista
Wind Dancer / Hunter 466 / Phil Helman & Desley Oliphant / Pleasanton
Abby Normal / Island Packet 41 / Brad & Gay Gibson / Seattle, WA
Third Wish / Norseman 447 / Jeff Goldfarb & Carolyn Lambert / Long Beach
Penelope / Hans Christian 38 / Karl & Susan Gierga / Scappoose, OR
Kandu / Tayana V42 CC / Eric & Leslie Rigney / Ventura
Cool Change / Pacific Seacraft 31 / Rick & Cindy Patrinellis / Sausalito
Optimus Prime / Beneteau 49 / Keith & Dana Jensen / Cameron Park
Plan Sea / Island Packet 45 / Richard & Jenny Freeman / San Diego
VikingMor2 / Morgan OI 41 / Kenneth & Lori Lillo / San Diego
Impulse / Hunter 336 / Chris & Doug Rockne / Portland, OR
Freya / Cal 2-46 / Steven Straitiff / San Diego
Starshine / Outbound 44 / Patrick & Melodie Williams / San Francisco
Starfire / Islander 32 / Jeff & Breezy Delaney / Channel Islands
Nova / Catalina 42 / Michael Pernitzke & Ina Tabak / Alameda
Sisu III / Kadey Krogen 48 trawler / Ron & Janet Inberg / Seattle, WA
Mana / Cape George 36 / David & Holli Swanson / Ventura
Pelagic / Hallberg Rassy 42 / Michael & Amy Bradford / Portland, OR
Petrel / Rhodes Annapolis 30 / Dane Faber / Sausalito
Miss Lorelei / Beneteau Oceanis 361 / Michael Niggli / San Diego
Destiny / Island Packet 38 / Roberto Anima / Redwood City
Indigo / Pacific Seacraft 34 / Brian & Marya Lipiec / Camp Pendleton
Scoots / Able Apogee 50 / Eric & Vandy Shrader / San Francisco
Papillon II / Pacific Seacraft 37 / David Boyer / Vancouver, BC
Between da Sheets / Beneteau 42s7 / Rick & Sharon Seeber / Seattle, WA
Double Docs / Pacific Seacraft 37 / Thomas Balgooyen & Lucie Merkle-Balgooyen / San Francisco
Cockpit / Beneteau Oceanis 440 / Renald Bouchard / Vancouver, BC
Saturna Spirit / Beneteau 411 / Katherine Blade / Vancouver, BC
Impulsive / Outbound 44 / Morris & Debra Adams / Seattle, WA
Opportunity 44 / CatalinaMorgan 440 / Miguel & Barbara Ramirez-Williams / San Diego
Lea Scotia / Taswell 43 / Bucky Jordan & Michelle Walker / Seattle, WA
Misjudged II / Hunter 460 / Patrick Magers / Newport Beach
Wayward Wind / Catalina 42 / Bill & Kathi Gaffaney / Long Beach
Iolani / Hughes 48 / Barry & Sylvia Stompe / Sausalito
Endeavour / Tatoosh 51 / John Stephens & Tara Travers / Redwood City
Intuition / Tartan 3500 / Donald & Laura McLennan / Long Beach
III-in-I / Cheoy Lee 43 / MS Robert Taylor / Ventura
Entropy II / Ranger 33 / Richard Crumley / Bodega Bay
Sea-Esta / Acapulco Bluewater 40 trawler / Robert & Sally Reynolds / Ventura
Choisi / Kadey Krogen 55 trawler / Sara & Peter Gebhard / Dartmouth, MA
Sparx / O’Day 37 / Bob & Greta Huntsman / Long Beach
Seaduction / Catalina 42 MkII / Dan Lawler / Holladay, UT
Northern Lights / J/42 / Roderic & Mary Deyo / Seattle, WA
Pantera / Catalina 42 MkII / Barney & Paula McCloskey / Alameda
Desire / Cavalier 39 / Tom & Britta Hamilton / San Pedro, CA
Que Serå / Horizon Nemo 39 / Heidy Gross & Sean Hall / Marina del Rey
Vixen / Ericson 39 / Dan Dennis & Judy Burch / Redondo Beach
Moonshadow / Deerfoot 2-62 / John & Deb Rogers / San Diego
Moana Makani / Ta Shing Baba 35 / Calvin & Lori Hastings / San Diego
Penn Station / Hylas 44 / Steve Felton / Tacoma, WA
My Bonnie Karen / Downeaster 38 / Chris Jernigan / Oceanside
Mabrouka / CT-41 / Roy Neyman / Seattle, WA
A Good Day / Island Packet 485 / Charlie McCullough / San Francisco
Kailani / Island Packet 485 / Rusty Frantz / Annapolis, MD
Korbut Rose / Hans Christian 33 / Bruce Brown & Sandy Zeng / Portland, OR
Footloose / C&C Landfall 48 / Raymond Macary & Lydia Leyba / Salmon, ID
Dream Catcher / Roberts V495 / Norm & Will Facey / Vancouver, BC
Tranquilo / Catalina C445 / Lloyd & Colleen Clauss / Huntington Beach
Fainche / Catalina 34 / Robert Frost / Alameda
Northern Winds / Beneteau 50 / Carmine Pertriccione & Gail Scarlett / Coronado
Speakeasy / Manta 42 / Mark & Deanna Roozendaal / Victoria, BC
Serenity / Hunter Passage 42 / Greg & Carma Foulger / Mesa, AZ
Myzella / Beneteau Oceanis 37 / Glenn Smith / Chula Vista
Blue Peter / Tosca 39 Jim & Leigh Terbush / Marina del Rey
Scout / Rawson 30 / Garrett & Ruth Jolly / Morro Bay
Spring Fever / Morgan 382 / Sherri Wilkinson & Don Scott / Santa Rosa
Fast Reorrg / Hunter HC 50 / Ron Orr / Marina del Rey
Touchstone / Valiant 40 / Gordon Wedman / Vancouver, BC
Sereno II / Hunter 41 / Gary & Cindy Cairns / San Diego
Dulcinea / Hinckley 42 / Scott & Kathleen Clapp / San Francisco
Blessed Life / Catalina 42 MkII / Bob Bahlman & Margie Hewes / Incline Village, NV
Destiny / DeFever 49 / Kyle & Christine Hunter / Newport Beach
Serenity  / Catalina 42 MkII  / David Albert / Oceanside
Dragon’s Toy Island  / Packet 37 / Tom Kohrs & Cary Purvis / Freeport
Poetry / Blue Jacket 40 / Bobby Pryor / San Diego, TX
Aesclepius / Bruce Roberts 50 / Donna & Cliff Carter / Edmonton, AB
Mariah / Seawind 1000 / Guillermo Stein & Fernando Gutierrez / Puerto Vallarta, MEX
Flibbertigibbet / Catalina 42 MkII / Jim & Betty Adams / Discovery Bay
Spirit of Adventure / Islander 34 / Don Stoutenger / Long Beach
Joyride / J/109 / James & Jennifer Vickers / San Jose
Stochastic / Panda 40 / Tom & Kelly Miller / Alameda

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